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3 Women, Man in Floral Robe, Heads

Object/Artifact

First in white ball gown with rose decorations, second in dinner dress with floral print and fur trim, huge hat with pink plumes. Third in green dress with black 'lapel' revealing a frilled chemisette, long sleeves, huge lingerie cap with pink ribbons, and a long, narrow lozenge patterned red and green stole. Man of affairs with hand on baize covered table, wearing a dressing gown of white with pink flowers on it, lined in pink, over dark pink waistcoat and black pantaloons, lacy stockings and slippers. 2 drawings of a coiffure and cap, and colored one of a formal coiffure.

2022.35.0178

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Allgemeine Moden-Zeitung

1830

Early 19th Century

Technique: Hand Colored

Moden Z. 1830. Lohse sc. No. 1

German

print

fashion plate

dressing gown

bonnet

dress

Old Number

2000.076.38

Paper

Print

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